ALL meanings of diamagnetism
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D d - noun diamagnetism the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature 3
- noun diamagnetism the property that certain substances have of being weakly repelled by both poles of a magnet 3
- noun diamagnetism diamagnetic force 3
- noun diamagnetism diamagnetic phenomena 3
- noun diamagnetism the science that deals with such phenomena and substances 3
- adjective diamagnetism of or relating to a class of substances, as bismuth and copper, whose permeability is less than that of a vacuum: in a magnetic field, their induced magnetism is in a direction opposite to that of iron. 1
- noun diamagnetism (physics) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction. 1